Holy Resurrection Church (Belkofski, Alaska)

Holy Resurrection Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Exterior of church
Location	Belkofski, Alaska
Coordinates	55°5′13″N 162°1′56″W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Eclectic Byzant./Russ./Alas.
MPS	Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.	80000739[1]
AHRS No.	XCB-020
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 6, 1980
Designated AHRS	May 18, 1973

The Holy Resurrection Church (Russian: Церковь Воскресения Христова) in Belkofski, Alaska is a historic Russian Orthodox church.[2][3]

It is significant as "a striking example of a special type of Russian Orthodox Church architectural heritage", with a pyramidal-shaped roof over a central tower, in a design following from the 1732 design of the Church of the Resurrection on the Moskva River at Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia. It is believed that there has been a church at this site since 1881; the current church may be a reconstruction.[2]: 13 

The church's design had an impact on the later Russian Orthodox churches at Karluk in 1888 and Ouzinkie in 1906.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Gradually the residents of Belkofski moved to nearby villages which offered them new economic opportunities. In the 1980s, a new Orthodox church was built in King Cove, located twelve miles away by boat. The church's inventory, which includes an iconostasis containing numerous icons from Russia, was transferred there.[5]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites Thematic Resources". National Park Service.
3. Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Holy Resurrection Church (AHRS SITE NO. XCB-020)". National Park Service. (continuation sheets from Thematic Resources document) and accompanying photo from c.1975
4. Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "Nativity of Our Lord Chapel (AHRS SITE NO. KOD-193)". National Park Service. (continuation sheets) and accompanying photo from c.1975
5. "Rasmuson Foundation Boosts Alaskan Bell Project".